Hepatic Progenitor Cells (IMAGE)

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

Hepatic Progenitor Cells

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This is a liver section with a Sox9 staining showing the expansion of the hepatic progenitor cells, the so called the 'ductular reaction' at the early stages of tumourigenesis and after expression of oncogenic URI specifically in hepatocytes.

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Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)

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